UA’s Manderson Graduate School’s Accounting, Marketing Programs Included in Top 15 in National Survey

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School’s programs in accounting and marketing are included in the Top 15 nationally in a survey published by Entrepreneur Magazine in the April 2008 issue. The study was conducted by The Princeton Review.

In a special report on business school, Entrepreneur said, “The Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools indentifies institutions whose students overwhelmingly agree that it offers superlative preparation in six core business competencies: accounting, finance, general management, global management, marketing and operations. Fifteen schools in each category were selected based solely on surveys conducted by The Princeton Review and completed by more than 19,000 current business school students.”

The graduate accounting program at the Culverhouse School of Accountancy is ranked 19th nationally in Public Accounting Report and has several graduates who are partners or owners of prominent accounting firms.

The marketing program was recently ranked 22nd in the nation in an American Marketing Association publication that assesses the influence of marketing articles, scholars and institutions over the past 10 years.

The Entrepreneur/Princeton Review rankings were not configured numerically but were arranged alphabetically.

Susan West, assistant dean and head of The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School of Business, which is part of the Culverhouse College of Commerce, said she is pleased but not surprised at the survey results.

“We have a wonderful graduate school faculty across the spectrum,” West said, “not just in accounting and marketing. Their publishing record is superb, but more than that, they are excellent teachers who care deeply about their students and work hard to bring them a real-world education.”

The Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration was established in 1919, and in 1929, it became the 38th school to earn admission into the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business. The excellence of the UA business school has been acknowledged on a national level. The undergraduate program is ranked 29th among public universities by U.S. News, and the Culverhouse School of Accountancy is ranked 15th among public universities by U.S. News. The graduate accounting program is ranked 19th, and the undergraduate program 15th, by Public Accounting Report. The entrepreneurial program is ranked 20th nationally.